Monday, April 17, 2017

Easter Reflection

"This
week is the week of joy: we celebrate the Resurrection of Jesus. It is a true,
profound joy, based on the certainty that the Risen Christ dies no more, but is
alive and working in the Church and in the world. This certainty has dwelt in
the heart of believers since that Easter morning, when the women went to Jesus’
sepulcher and the Angels said to them: 'Why do you seek the living among the
dead?' (Luke 24:5). 'Why do you seek the living among the dead?' These words
are as a milestone in history, but also an 'obstacle stone' if we do not open
ourselves to the Good News, if we think that a dead Jesus bothers us less than
a living Jesus! Instead, how many times in our daily journey do we need to hear
said: “Why are you seeking the living among the dead?” How many times do we
seek life among dead things, among things that cannot give life, among things
that today exist and tomorrow are no longer, things that pass … 'Why do you
seek the living among the dead?'

"We
are in need of this when we shut ourselves in some form of egoism or
self-complacency; when we allow ourselves to be seduced by earthly powers and
by the things of this world, forgetting God and our neighbor; when we put our
hopes in worldly vanity, in money, in success. Then the Word of God says to us:
'Why do you seek the living among the dead?' Why are you looking there? That
thing cannot give you life! Yes, perhaps it will give you the joy of a minute,
a day, a week, a month … and then? 'Why do you seek the living among the dead?'
This phrase must enter our heart and we must repeat it...Today, when we go home, we will
say it from our heart, in silence, and we will ask ourselves this question: why
do I in life seek the living among the dead? It will do us good."

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I'm a Catholic author and blogger who writes about my faith, Vatican II & the liturgy, pro-life & religious liberty issues, history, politics, science and a variety of other topics. I'm also a classical pianist, composer/arranger and sometimes recording artist. I currently serve as music director at Saint Patrick Catholic Church in Lexington, Virginia, and am working on a bachelor's degree in music. In my spare time I enjoy fishing, coin collecting, amateur astronomy, and an occasional good movie.